Edna Ropp

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Obit:
The funeral of Edna Ropp Springer, 92, of Meadows Nursing Home, Chenoa, formerly of rural Bloomington and the Lake Bloomington area, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Kibler-Smith Memorial Home, the Rev. Steve Estes officiating. Burial will be in Drummer Twp Cemetery, Gibson City. The family will receive friends at the time of the service. Mrs. Springer died at 11:40 a.m. Friday 2-7-1997 at Meadows Mennonite Home, Chenoa.
Survivors include her husband, Howard B. Springer; a son, James B. Springer, Salem, Ohio; and a daughter, Jane Knecht, Carmel, Ind. Also surviving is a grandson, Mark Springer. Mrs. Springer was born 1-25-1905 in Gibson City, the daughter of Serenus and Barbara Goldsmith Ropp. She married Howard B. Springer 5-5-1941 in Lincoln. Preceding her in death were a stepson, John Springer; a brother, Lawrence Ropp; and a sister, Irene Johnson. Mrs. Springer was a member of the Mennonite Church of Normal. She attended Illinois State University and graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She was a retired clerk from Montgomery Ward and before that, a teacher in Gibson City.

Died:
Meadows Mennonite Home

Buried:
Drummer Twp. Cemetery

Edna married Howard Springer on 5 May 1941 in Lincoln, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Serenus + Barbara Goldsmith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Catherine Garber on 23 Aug 1868. Catherine (daughter of Christian Gerber and Anna (Nancy) Roth) was born on 20 Nov 1849 in Butler Co., OH; died on 17 May 1926; was buried in Gibson City, Ford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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They moved to Gibson City, IL in 1887.

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Obit: Herald of Truth, June 15, 1895:
"On the 24th of May, 1895, near Pekin, Tazewell Co., Ill., of cancer, Bro. Jacob Ropp, aged 78 y., 17 d. He leaves his wife and 9 children, 45 grand-children and many friends to mourn their loss. He was buried on the 26th at the Union M. H. at Elmgrove. Funeral services by Joseph Buercky of Tiskilwa, and Isaac Miller of Tremont, Ill. Benj. Berkey of Groveland, and John Schmitt, in German, and by Va. Strubhar of Washington, in English, from Phil. 1:21. The funeral was one of the largest that ever occurred in this part of the country. Bro. Ropp died in peace with God and man. - J. Buercky."

Buried:
Railroad Cemetery

Jacob married Elizabeth Schlegal on 10 Jun 1842 in Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. Elizabeth (daughter of Christian Schlegel and Catherine Ernst) was born on 13 Jan 1823 in Bourogne, Upper Alsace, FR; died on 21 Mar 1901; was buried in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1824

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Buried:
Railroad Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: 1838, Butler Co., OH

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The couple had ten children: Peter F.; Christian (married Josephine Zimmerman) was a minister in the Defenseless Mennonite Church; Catherine; Francis (Fanny) married Moses D. Ropp; Daniel; Phoebe; Joseph; Susan Ann; Amos; Caroline.

They sailed down the Ohio River and up the Illinois River in the spring of 1852, landing at Peoria when it was still called Fort Clark.

Buried:
Railroad Cemetery

Christian married Anna (Nancy) Roth on 25 Oct 1844 in Butler Co., OH. Anna (daughter of Niklaus Roth and Verena (Veronica) Zimmermann) was born on 24 May 1826 in FR; died on 14 Sep 1887; was buried in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Defenseless Mennonite Church

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Buried:
Railroad Cemetery